Is This the First “Allahu Akbar” Oscars?
by Debbie SchlusselSo Muslim music dude A. R. Rahman said, "Allahu Akbar," upon winning the first of two Oscars he’s won so far. He says it means, "god is great." Uh, no. It means, "allah is the greater" or "allah is the greatest," meaning greater than your and my G-d or the greatest above your or my G-d. And that’s part of my tiny objection to "Slumdog Millionaire," which I loved. It shows us the scene of a brutal massacre of Muslims by Hindus. It’s the same problem we see on a much smaller scale with regard to Oscar nominee, "Waltz with Bashir ." They don’t show the plethora of Muslim massacres and violence against Hindus and Sikhs and Christians in India.
Ironically, "Rahman," mean mercy or the merciful. Too bad he didn’t have mercy on the Oscar audience to leave the Islamic chant we hear in Nick Berg videos out of it.
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5 Comments
Thank you for pointing that out. I must have blocked it out.
I was just lamenting that I must be the last person on earth who hasn't seen this movie.
I had no idea it had such a scene! Now I'm going to have to save it for DVD so if this gets me too upset I can just turn it off. Because if I'd gone to a theater and seen such a thing I would've been furious!
Thanks.
Should we be complaining that Schindler's List didn't show the massacre of Germans in the wake of WW II?
Do you have any compassion for muslims who get killed just for practicing the muslim religion? Do their stories deserve to be told?
P.S. Many Arab Christians use the word "Allah" for G-d, so saying Allah is the greatest is not claiming ownership, or denigrating other people's description of G-d.
(By contrast, "Shma Yisroel" arguably claims superiority over others' idea of G-d).
You are an attorney? Really for true? I thought they taught logic in law school. Guess not.
I can't believe what you wrote. Rahman was born a Hindu. He is one of the most humble and unpretentious persons to have reached the top of his profession. What he said at the awards ceremony in Tamil translates to 'praise to the almighty'. This is a guy who lost his dad at the age of 9, had to discontinue school and support his family since then by playing music at all sorts of events. When one of his terminally ill sisters was cured miraculously by the prayers of a sufi saint, he converted from hinduism to islam. He is a believer of Sufism, which teaches the unity between all religions. At any sufi shrine in India, one can find hindus and muslims offering prayers together. Rahman believes in Sufism, some his most heart rending music reflects that.
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